News and developments on Freedom of Information in the UK. This blog is run by the Campaign for Freedom of Information. It was established in May 2003 by Steve Wood, who ran it until the end of February 2007 when he took up the post of Assistant Commissioner at the Information Commissioner's Office.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

New book - Transparency: The Key to Better Governance

This forthcoming book may be of interest to blog readers:

Transparency: The Key to Better Governance (Proceedings of the British Academy) Edited by Christopher Hood, Gladstone Professor of Government, Oxford University and David Heald, Professor of Financial Management, University of Sheffield

'Transparency' is widely canvassed as a key to better governance, increasing trust in public-office holders. But transparency is more often preached than practised, more often referred to than defined, and more often advocated than critically analysed. This volume exposes this fashionable doctrine to critical scrutiny from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including political science, philosophy and economics